House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Committee actionJun 20, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2229.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2229, First Responders Passport Act of 2019” on July 8, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 20, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55416
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2229, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 62, April 10, 2019, Page H3257):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2229, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c183df5ec9b4b53b819f2eb542d4ef6e3acb3fd91633356b387f458fe8507475
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2229, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 15 Democrats
15 of 22 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Garret Graves (R-LA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Randy Weber (R-TX), Susan Wild (D-PA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.R. 7954 (116th) Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020
- H.R. 1649 (116th) Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act of 2019
- H.R. 499 (116th) Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act
- H.R. 1663 (116th) Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2019
- H.R. 498 (116th) Clean Up the Code Act of 2019
- H.R. 948 (116th) NOPEC
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.